Allen County Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Lucas Weber Leads Heritage over Jay County
Heritage was led to victory by Lucas Weber, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Weber rushed for 208 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards.
The win was the fourth in a row for Heritage, bringing their record for this year to 8-1. Weber and Heritage will head out on the road to square off against Delta at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 66.83
Braden Walter Delivers Best Effort of Season
Heritage was led to victory by Braden Walter, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Walter made 12 total tackles and defended two passes.
This year, Walter has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 interceptions. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 9.78 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 69 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 35.13
Zeke Litchfield Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Heritage got the W thanks in part to Zeke Litchfield playing the best football he has all season. Litchfield picked up 138 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 66 yards.
On the year, Litchfield has caught 8 touchdowns while averaging 59.3 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 36.33 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.30
Wesley Summersett was a major factor in South Adams's victory over Southern Wells on Friday. Southern Wells had no answer to Summersett as he rushed for 11 yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Summersett has averaged 20 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.33
Will Patterson Makes It Two for South Adams
Another South Adams player making an appearance on this list is Will Patterson. He rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Patterson has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 30.4 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging one rushing yard per game.
Gamescore: 23.30
Other Notable Players
- Lucas Strait: 1 sack, 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Eli Tigulis: 194 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.93)
- Alden Bowers: 3 sacks and 6 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Tytus Lehman: 108 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.40)
- Benson Ward: 100 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.17)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
